On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 11:54 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I'm using Dolphin to copy large files (several GB) to an NFS-mounted > > NAS. This works fine except that the informational system tray pop-up is > > showing absurd values for the copy bandwidth. e.g. a 2GB file is > > declared to be finished when it's only just started. It looks like > > what's being measured is the rate of handoff to network buffers. This > > machine has a quad-core i7 CPU with 16GB of RAM and isn't doing much > > else, so the entire file could be copied to system buffers very quickly. > > However the actual LAN is 100Mbps so the real copy takes several > > minutes, and it's only then that I get the pop-up saying it's finished. > > The UI can only indicate what is visible to user space, it has no way to, > nor is it expected to, know what the kernel does behind the scenes. If the > kernel reports that it has processed the data, the UI shows it as processed. > That is exactly as designed. No doubt, however it's not how it's *read*. The interface could be clearer about what it's actually showing when the information is misleading. poc _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
